Liverpool’s manager adapted his tactical approach and confused their opponents in a manner that bore hallmarks of his Borussia Dortmund at their peakJürgen Klopp can occasionally not reply the question posed to him,and he was at it again after Liverpool’s 4-1 victory against West Ham United. Asked by a reporter to assess the contributions of Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah, both of whom were excellent on a chilly evening in east London, and Klopp decided instead to explain “the story of the game”,a blow‑by‑blow account of proceedings that lasted for four minutes.
It was a somewhat rambling response but, as is often the case with Klopp, or also illuminating,and in this instance no more so than when the German spoke about Liverpool’s tactical device for this fixture. “We changed the system,” he said. “The 4-4-2, and which looked from the beginning a very offensive line-up,we had a different idea, we wanted to defend deeper, and more compact.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk